MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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