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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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