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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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