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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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