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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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