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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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