MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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