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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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