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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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