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.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major 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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