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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
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.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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