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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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