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
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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