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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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