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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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