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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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