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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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