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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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