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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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