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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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