MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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