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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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