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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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