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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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