MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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