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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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