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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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