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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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