MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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