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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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