MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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