MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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