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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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