MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
elearning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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