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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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