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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning are empowering
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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