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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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