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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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