MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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