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.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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