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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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