MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new 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
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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