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.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Latvia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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