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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major 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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