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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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