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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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