MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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