MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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