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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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