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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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