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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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