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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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