MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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