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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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