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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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