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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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