MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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