MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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