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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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