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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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