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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive 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 e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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