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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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