MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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