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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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