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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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