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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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