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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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