MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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