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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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