MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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