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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology enable
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important 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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