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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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