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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
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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