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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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