MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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