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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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