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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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