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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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