MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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