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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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