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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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