MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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