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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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