MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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