MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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