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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
key 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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