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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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