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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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