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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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