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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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