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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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