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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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