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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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