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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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