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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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