MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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