MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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