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 Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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