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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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