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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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