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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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