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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning are enabling
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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