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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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