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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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