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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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