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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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