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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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