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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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