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
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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