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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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