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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education have enabled
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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