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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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