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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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