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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UCSF to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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