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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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