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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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