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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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