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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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