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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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