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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Denmark to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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