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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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