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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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