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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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