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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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