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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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