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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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