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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
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