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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Croatia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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