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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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