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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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