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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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