MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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