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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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