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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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