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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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