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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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