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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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