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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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