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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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