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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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