MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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