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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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