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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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