MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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