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.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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