MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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