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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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