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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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