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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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