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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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