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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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