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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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