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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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