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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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