MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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