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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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