MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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