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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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