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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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