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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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