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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
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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