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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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