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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Anguilla to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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