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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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