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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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