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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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