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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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