MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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