MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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