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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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