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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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