MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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