MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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