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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Utah to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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