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.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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