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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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