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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Palau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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