MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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