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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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