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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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