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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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