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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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