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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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