MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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