MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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