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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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