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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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