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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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