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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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