MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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