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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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