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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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