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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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