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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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