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 is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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