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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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