MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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