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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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