MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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