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
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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