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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have empowered
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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