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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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