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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates 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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