MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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