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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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