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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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