MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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