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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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