MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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