MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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