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 is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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