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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes 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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