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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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