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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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