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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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