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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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