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.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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