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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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