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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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