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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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