MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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