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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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