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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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