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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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