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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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