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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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