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.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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