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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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