MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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