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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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