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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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