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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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