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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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