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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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