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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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