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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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