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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
key 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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