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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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