MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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