MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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