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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores 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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