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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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