MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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