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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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