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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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