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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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