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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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