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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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