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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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