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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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