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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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