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.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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