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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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