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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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