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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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