MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes 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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