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
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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