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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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