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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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