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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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