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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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