MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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