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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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