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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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