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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
online learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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