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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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