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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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