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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
major 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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