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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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