MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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