MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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