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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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