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
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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