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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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