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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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