MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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