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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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