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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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