MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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