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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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