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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education have empowered
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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