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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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