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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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