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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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