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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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