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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses 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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