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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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