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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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