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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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