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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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