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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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