MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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