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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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