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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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