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.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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