MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
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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