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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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