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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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