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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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