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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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