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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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