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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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