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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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