MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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