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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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