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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
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