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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning technology enable
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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