MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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