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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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