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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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