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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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