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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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