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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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