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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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