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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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