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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
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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