MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Romania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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