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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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