MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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