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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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