MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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