MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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