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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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