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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning are empowering
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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