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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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