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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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