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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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