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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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