MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|