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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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