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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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