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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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