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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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