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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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