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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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