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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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