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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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