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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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