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.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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