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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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