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 is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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