MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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