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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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