MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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