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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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