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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take courses online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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