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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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