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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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