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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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