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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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