MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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