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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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