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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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