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 is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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