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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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