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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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