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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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