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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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