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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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