MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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