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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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