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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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