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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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