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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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