MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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