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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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