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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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