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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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