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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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