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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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