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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Broward College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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