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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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