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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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