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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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