MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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