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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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