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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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