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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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