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.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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