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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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