MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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