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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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