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 is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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