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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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