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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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