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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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