MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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