MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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