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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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