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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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