MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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