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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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