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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also talks about the
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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