MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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