MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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