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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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