MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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