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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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