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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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