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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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