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.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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