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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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