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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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