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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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