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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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