MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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