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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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