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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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