MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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