MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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