MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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