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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning enable
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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