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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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