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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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