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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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