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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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