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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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