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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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