MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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