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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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