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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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