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
book
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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