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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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