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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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