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 significant 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).
The latest
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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