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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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