MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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