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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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