MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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