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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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