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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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