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.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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