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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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