MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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