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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning enable
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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