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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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