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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
elearning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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