MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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