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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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