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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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