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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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