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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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