MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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