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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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