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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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