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.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
e-learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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