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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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