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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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