MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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