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 Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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