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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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