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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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