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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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