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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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