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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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