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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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