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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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