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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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