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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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