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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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