MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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