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.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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