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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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