MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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