MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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