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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
The New School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
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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