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.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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