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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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