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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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