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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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