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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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