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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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