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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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