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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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