MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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