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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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