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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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