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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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