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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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