MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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