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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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