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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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