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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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