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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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