MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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