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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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