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.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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