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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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