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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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