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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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