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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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