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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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