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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
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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