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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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