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 is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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