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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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