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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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