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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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