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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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