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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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