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 is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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