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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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