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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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