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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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