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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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