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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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