MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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