MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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