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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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