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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
normally 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
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
important new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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