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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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