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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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